Abstract
First, by analyzing the results of surveys of actual market conditions conducted in Miyada and Nakagawa Villages in Nagano Prefecture and Omonogawa Town in Akita Prefecture's Yokote City, this study puts forward the hypothesis that in recent years, there has been a trend of convergence in the regional labor market structure. Seconod, based on the results of analyses, this study examines regional disparities in wage level using data on men's wages in each prefecture, which were obtained from the 2016 Basic Survey on Wage Structure. The contrast between relatively low wage areas in the Tohoku, Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa regions and relatively high wage areas in the Kanto, Tosan, Tokai, and Kinki regions was clarified.
